Just an Earth-Bound Misfit: The Rantings of an Aging, Armed, Pinko Chick

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Spashdown +45

Apollo 11's command module splashed down in the Pacific ocean.

There was still paperwork to do for the arrival:

(Click on the image to enlarge it.)

A view on why we can't do SLTT anymore.

8 comments:

Ole Phat Stu said...: Seriously? Is that a real document? Or are you just pulling our legs?; 7/24/2014 1:13 PM
The New York Crank said...: If it's real, it's yet another sign that as long as there are people, there will be bureaucrats issuing paperwork.

As it says in the Bible,[Genesis 3] "The lord God therefore banished him from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he had been taken. "But first," sayeth the lord, "thou shalt fill out this exit visa in triplicate delivering two copies unto the cherubim and keeping one for thyself."

Yours crankily,
The New York Crank; 7/24/2014 2:59 PM
dinthebeast said...: They used to quarantine them when they came back from the moon also.
Must've worked, no one got sick from any moon bugs. I can understand why they'd want to err on the side of caution, though.

-Doug in Oakland; 7/25/2014 2:03 AM
Comrade Misfit said...: The Smithsonian has the Apollo 11 Quarantine Airstream in its collection. And as far as I can determine, the form's legit.; 7/25/2014 10:23 AM
Unknown said...: Hey Doug,

The last time I went onboard the USS Nimitz, which is on display in your backyard in Alameda , they had one of the quarantine airstreams and an Apollo capsule.

Nimitz, of course, was the ship that scooped up the capsule when the crew returned from the moon.

Danny, formerly of Oakland, now in the Foothills; 7/26/2014 12:03 AM
dinthebeast said...: Thanks, Danny. I'll try to go look at them some time.

-Doug in Oakland; 7/26/2014 1:51 AM
Comrade Misfit said...: Danny, it was the USS Hornet that recovered the Apollo 11 capsule. Nimitz wasn't in service until around `75.; 7/26/2014 10:25 AM
dinthebeast said...: Yeah, the carrier parked at Alameda is indeed the Hornet, and I do hope to visit it's museum some time.
The Nimitz is still in service (until around 2025) and its current home port is Everett, WA.
The Hornet museum is only a couple of miles from the Nimitz Freeway, however.

-Doug in Oakland; 7/26/2014 8:49 PM